DAVID VALENTINE,

Treasurer

David Valentine brings 30 years of leadership in strategy, finance, and operations to STEN. He currently serves as Co-Owner & COO of Thriving for Equity, Inc. a life coaching and consulting business he owns with his wife. Most recently he was the CFO at two small colleges, (Goucher College and Otis College of Art & Design) and at a private foundation (The Kavli Foundation). He also served in similar positions at the University of Pennsylvania, The Annenberg Foundation, and GlaxoSmithKline.

David holds an M.B.A. from Drexel University and a B.B.A. from Temple University. Most of his experience has been leading people and teams in finance and administrative functions, and updating processes and systems. At his last organizational role he led the selection and implementation of Workday across accounting, finance, human resources, and payroll.

David sits on the boards of the Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore) and Kounkuey Design Initiative (Los Angeles & Nairobi, Kenya). He has also invested heavily in the charter school sector serving in leadership roles on the boards of both Wissahickon Charter School in Philadelphia, and Bright Star Schools, a Charter Management Organization in Los Angeles.

David is from Philadelphia originally, lived in Los Angeles for six years, and now is a proud resident of Baltimore, Maryland. He, his wife Deb, and their dog Brodie, have a multi-generational home in the Mt. Washington neighborhood where Dave’s Mom and their son Devin also reside.